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Carshalton cadet Katie wins the approval of the First Sea Lord
A Carshalton teenager is representing the Sea Cadets on the national stage while helping train the next generation. Katie Rolfe, who enrolled at Merton Sea Cadets in 2018, has risen through the ranks, gaining a string of qualifications in drill, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Sea Cadets
Tagged Carshalton, First Sea Lord, Katie Rolfe, Mitcham Sea Cadets, Royal Navy, Sea Cadets
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Croydon Commander with friends in high Admiralty places
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Trawling through documents that are more than 200 years old provides DAVID MORGAN with precious insights into people’s lives and times Historic wills are fascinating documents. And there’s plenty of them in the Croydon Minster archive… A will … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats GCB, Algeciras campaign, Captain Adolphus FitzClarence, Commander Richard Griffith, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Greenwich Hospital, HMS Redwing, Horatio Nelson, King William IV, Lord Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Newfoundland, Royal Navy
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For those in peril on the sea: HMS Racehorse’s Manx legacy
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A surgeon from Croydon who served in the Royal Navy of Nelson’s era, survived a traumatic shipwreck that prompted the formation of a fine institution, as DAVID MORGAN discovered with the help of fellow archivists from the Isle … Continue reading
